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*** CALL AND SUPPORT ³KOSOVAR INDEPENDENCE & JUSTICE ACT OF 1999²
*** TEXT OF HR 1425
Can Serb war criminals be trusted to rule the victims of Genocide in Kosova? No. But the Congress must hear this from you.
130 volunteers are lobbying in Congress today (Thursday, May 6th, 1999). They are lobbying in support of H.R. #1425 which calls for Kosovar Independance and arming Kosovars so they can defend themselves.
While these volunteers are doing their part, we need to do ours. Call the local office of your congressperson this Thursday and Friday (May 6 and 7,1999 ) to express your support for ³Kosovar Independence and Justice Acto of 1999. Call, fax and mail them your opinion.
If your congressperson voted against the airstrike then ask him this is his chance to stand up against genocide by allowing liberty and freedom to the victims. If your congressperson supported the airstrike resolution then tell him that final and lastign solution is recognizing Kosovar independence and arming them to liberate their country.
If you do not know how your congressperson voted, check the following url before you call: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/Kosovo_WarAct_Votes/VoteNoArt.asp
Make sure that you call both the local and DC office of your
congressperson. Congress Switch Board Number: 202/224-3121
*** TEXT OF HR 1425 ³KOSOVAR INDEPENDENCE & JUSTICE ACT OF 1999²:
Kosovar Independence and Justice Act of 1999 (Introduced in the House)
HR 1425 IH
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1425
To authorize security assistance for the Kosova Liberation Army to be used for training
and support for their established self-defense forces in order to defend and protect the
civilian population of Kosova against armed aggression.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 14, 1999
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
International Relations
A BILL
To authorize security assistance for the Kosova Liberation Army to be used for training
and support for their established self-defense forces in order to defend and protect the
civilian population of Kosova against armed aggression.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Kosovar Independence and Justice Act of 1999'.
SEC. 2. POLICY.
It shall be the policy of the United States--
(1) to provide the Kosova Liberation Army with the capability to defend and protect the
civilian population of Kosova against armed aggression;
(2) to publicly declare that the Albanians of Kosova have a legal right to
self-determination and that independence is the only political solution acceptable to
Kosovars;
(3) to work in conjunction with United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO), and other multilateral organizations to facilitate an orderly transition to
independence for the Albanians of Kosova; and
(4) to work in conjunction with the United Nations and other appropriate multilateral
organizations to have Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic indicted and tried by the
international war crimes tribunal for crimes against humanity.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE KOSOVA LIBERATION ARMY.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE- In addition to funds otherwise available to carry out
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), there are authorized to be
appropriated to the President for fiscal year 2000 to carry out the provisions of such
section, $25,000,000, which amount shall be made available only for grants to the Kosova
Liberation Army to be used for training and support for their established self-defense
forces to carry out the policy of section 2(1).
(b) RELATION TO EXISTING AUTHORITIES- Assistance provided under subsection (a) may be made
available notwithstanding any other provision of law.
(c) AVAILABILITY- Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations
under subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.